Newsletters

March 2021

• Upcoming Workshop: Fire in the Crown of the Continent
• Share Your Feedback - NRFSN Participants Survey
• Fire Science and Management Podcasts
• What's New in IFTDSS?
• IAWF Wildland Fire Safety Summit & Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference
• 2020 National Prescribed Fire Use Report
• USGS Wildland Fire Strategic Plan
• New Issue of Fire Management Today
• Rocky Mountain Research Station Updates and Awards

December 2020

• New Research Briefs
• New "Hot Topic" Webpages
• Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) Storymap
• WildfireSAFE App
• COVID-19 Incident Risk Assessment Tool
• NWCG Smoke and Safety Guide
• Joint Vision on Benefits of Prescribed Fire to Wildfire
• Most Promising Scientist Award
• 2020 Fire Season "In the News"
   

July 2020

• Lessons from Wilderness Fire Video
• Prescribed Fire Video
• Traditional Knowledge and Fire Newsletter
• High Five Conference and Crown Fire Forum Updates
• Invasive Species Science Update
• COVID-19 Wildland Fire Resource Pages
• JFSP Funding Opportunity Announcements NOW OPEN
• Association for Fire Ecology Updates
• NRFSN Staffing Update National and Regional Staffing Updates
• Northern Rockies Wildland Fire Potential Outlook
   

May 2020

• Wildfire Risk to Communities Website
• Montana Wildfire Risk Assessment Resources
• Exposure Analysis Available in IFTDSS
• NPS Wildland Fire Program News Links
• High Five Conference Management Scholarships
• JFSP Forecasted Funding Opportunity Announcement
• JFSP Announces 2020 GRIN Recipients
• New JFSP Program Manager Announced
• NRFSN Staffing Update
• Bob Keane Retires
• Monica Turner Receives ESA Award
• New Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Manager
• Northern Rockies Wildland Fire Potential Outlook
   

March 2020

• Post-Fire Tree Regeneration Products  
• New Traditional Knowledge & Fire Newsletter
• Crown of the Continent Fire Forum
• H5II - Conference on High Elevation Five Needle Pines
• Idaho Prescribed Fire Council in Development
• Story Map Features Interagency Monitoring Application
• LANDFIRE 2016 Remap Data Now in IFTDSS
• Northern Rockies 2019 Wildfire Season Summary

October 2019

• JFSP 2020 Funding Opportunity Announcements Open
• Joint Fire Science Program: Resources on FireScience.gov
• Upcoming Workshops: Learning About Resilient Futures
• Sign Up for New Traditional Knowledge & Fire Newsletter
• Map your Values in IFTDSS: The Next Step toward Exposure Analysis and Quantitative Wildfire Risk Assessment (Coming Soon!)  
• FlamMap 6.0 Updates
• WindNinja Updates  
• A Guide for Firefighters and their Families
• Now Accepting Nominations for 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Awards 
• NRFSN -  Summer 2019 Events
• 2019 Fire Season - Numbers to Date
• NRFSN Staff Updates
• Regional Staff Updates

June 2019

• Upcoming NRFSN Field Trips / Workshops
• Wildland Fire Danger Rating System Updates 
• Spring 2019 Pre-Season Primer - Useful Links
• NRCC Releases June Outlook for 2019 Fire Season
• Take Survey: Fire Effects Information System
• Wyoming Statewide Prescribed Fire Council Established
• Mark Finney Receives Ember Award from IAWF
• Former District Ranger and Wilderness Champion Passes
• Staff Update

April 2019

• Save the Date!  Upcoming NRFSN Field Trips / Workshops
• NRFSN Spring 2018 Webinars 
• New NRFSN Research Briefs
• JFSP Funding Opportunity Announcements Open
• Montana Joins Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
• Byron Bonney Receives Wildfire Mitigation Award
• At a Glance: RMRS Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
• New Staff Changes

November 2018

• IFTDSS Version 3.1.1 Released
• Fuel Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring (FTEM)
• New Report: Finding Common Ground on Fire in the West 
• NRFSN - New Web Resources
• National Park Service Fire Website Updated
• Sparking Community Conversations through Art 
• NRFSN - Fall 2018 Events
• NRFSN - Needs Assessment 
• Staffing Update (Wildland Fire Management RD&A)

July 2018

• Save the Date - Upcoming Events in ID and MT!
• InciWeb Public Website Redesign 
• Community Mitigation Assistance Teams
• Advanced Fire Environment Learning Unit
• Risk Management Assistance Teams
• Communicating Fire Science with Art
• 2018 Fire Continuum Conference
• Spring 2018 NRFSN Events​​

April 2018

• NRFSN Field Trips, Workshops, and Webinars
• How Are We Doing? Please Take Our Survey
• Fire Continuum Conference Update
• IRMA: National Park Service Data and Publications Online
• RMRS Research Data Archive
• JFSP GRIN Funding Opportunity Now Open
• At a Glance - The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
• Fire Lab Researchers Receive Paul Gleason Award 

February 2018

• Upcoming NRFSN Workshops and Field Trip
• Fire Continuum Conference - Workshops and Field Trips
• Fire Continuum Conference - Registration Scholarships
• Videos Highlight Wilderness Fire Science and Management
• Updates to BehavePlus
• New IFTDSS Version Released
• LANDFIRE Website Gets a Makeover
• Input Wanted: Sagebrush Ecosystems Actionable Science Plan
• Tri-County Firesafe Working Group Lead Receives National Wildfire Mitigation Award

December 2017

• NRFSN Webinar and Video Archive is Growing!
• Fire Continuum Conference – Field Trips & Workshops
• Hot Topics – A New NRFSN Website Feature
• National Cohesive Strategy Workshop – Registration Open
• A Note from Montana DNRC: 2017 Fire Season
• Joint Fire Science Program FY18 Funding Update
• 2017 Fire Season - Numbers to Date

October 2017

• Lubrecht Fuel Treatment Effects Field Trip
• Call for Proposals: 2nd Cohesive Strategy Workshop
• Fire Ecology and Management Congress Workshops
• IFTDSS Version 3.0 Released
• Montana 2017 Climate Assessment Released
• Wilderness Fire - 45th White Cap Reunion
• Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory Renovations
• 2017 Fire Season - Numbers to Date
• NRFSN New Staff Members

May 2017

• Era of Megafires - Montana Tour
• Save the Date - Fuel Treatment Effects Field Tour
• A Century of Wildland Fire Research
• 2017 Fire Outlook for the Northern Rockies
• Meet the Montana Forest Collaborative Network
• FireSafe Montana Launches New Website
• National Legacy Award to Dr. Jack Cohen
• NRFSN Coordinator Moving On

March 2017

• Era of Megafires Multi-Media Presentation
• Call for Post-Fire Tree Mortality Data 
• Modifying LANDFIRE Data: Guide & Webinar
• Fundamental Research on How Wildfires Spread
• National Cohesive Strategy Workshop
• FireWorks Workshop - June 15-16

January 2017

• Whitebark Pine Workshop Recordings Available
• Cohesive Strategy Workshop
• Sage-Grouse Habitat Burned in 2016
• Gender Discrimination in Wildland Fire
• At a Glance - Southwestern Crown Collaborative
• National Wilderness Training Center Staff Changes
• New Lessons Learned Center Assistant Director

September 2016

• Landscape-level Fuels Workshop
• Wilderness Fire - Learning from the Past
• 2nd International Smoke Symposium
• New Releases from FEIS
• LANDFIRE Review of Big Sagebrush Ecosystems
• WindNinja Mobile App Available
• 2017 JFSP Funding Opportunities
• 2016 Yellowstone Fire Season

June 2016

• Field Trip and Workshop - Wilderness Fire in the Bob Marshall
• Research Brief - Wildland Fire as a Fuel Treatment
• At a Glance - Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation
• News - Missoula Fire Lab Scientist Transitions

May 2016

• 2016 NR Season Wildfire Outlook
• Interactive Community Mapping Tool
• Smoke Symposium Call for Presentations
• Decision Support Training Opportunities
• FireWorks Educational Trunk - Master Class
• Wilderness Fire Science Webinar
• 2016 JFSP Funded Projects in the NR
• JFSP Staffing Updates

February 2016

• Missoula Technology & Development Center Tour
• FEIS Now Searchable by Fire Regime
• Travel Grants - Fire Behavior & Fuels Conference
• Travel Grants - Collaborative Restoration Workshop
• 2015 NR Fire Season - Final Numbers
• 2015 Wildfire Spending
• At a Glance - Rocky Mountains CESU

November 2015

• Yellowstone Fire Ecology Field Tour
• Smoke Management and Air Quality Project 
• Interactive Tribal Connections Map
• LANDFIRE  Reviewing Biophysical Settings
• At A Glance - The GYCC

September 2015

• Join Us in Yellowstone - October 1-2 
• Experimental Forests and Demonstration Areas
• 2015 JFSP Funded Projects in the N. Rockies   
• 2016 JFSP Funding Opportunities 
• 2015 Fire Season - Numbers to Date

May 2015

• Quadrennial Fire Review Released 
• 2015 Season Wildfire Outlook  
• Montana Water Supply Outlook 
• Search NRFSN Webinar Archive
• The GNLCC - At a Glance

March 2015 

• FFI Interagency Monitoring Tool Updated
• Smoke Can Influence Tornado Severity
• Wildfire Risk and Fuel Treatment Analysis Workshop
• Human Dimensions in Safety and Wildland Fire
• FireWorks Educational Trunk - Master Class

January 2015

• Wildland Fuel Fundamentals and Applications  
• Webinar - Wildfire as a Fuel Treatment
• Network of Fire Science Champions 2015
• At a Glance - FRAMES
• The Big Burn to Air on PBS

November 2014

• Bark Beetles and Fire Featured in Science
• Reducing Wildfire Risk to Communities
• Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide Updated
• LANDFIRE Offers New Course in its 10th Year  
• Safety Summit & Human Dimensions of Fire

September 2014

• Effects of Past Fires on Fire Behavior
• Crown Fire Behavior in Coniferous Forests
• MTBS Announces Data Updates  
• Fire Effects Information System — At a Glance 
• JFSP Funding Announcement for FY 2015

July 2014

• NRFSN Resource Database is Live
• Mountain Pine Beetle Webinar Proceedings   
• Boise Basin Field Tour - September 17  
• Cross-jurisdictional Fire Management Workshop 
• Fuel Treatment Planning and Evaluation Workshop
• JFSP Announces Funded Projects for FY2014
• NRFSN Receives Renewal Funding  
• MSU Fire Science Studies — At a Glance
• Online Fire Education for Professionals at the U of I

April 2014

• Join us at the Large Wildland Fires Conference
• April 23 - Final Webinar of the LANDFIRE Series
• 2014 Fire Season Outlook   
• QFR Comment Period Extended
• Interagency Monitoring Tool: FFI-Lite  
• NPS Wildland Fire Management Manual Revised  
• Dance Teaches Fire Science
• NRFSN Introduces New Coordinator  

October 2013

• MTBS Announces Data Updates
• JFSP Opens 2014 Research Funding Opportunity
• NRFSN Research Needs Survey Results
• Human Factors and Risk Management RD&A — At a Glance
• UI and UM Programs Receive AFE Academic Certification

June 2013

• You're Invited! Integrated Fuel Treatment Field Trip in Idaho
• June 5th Webinar: Economics of Fuel Treatments 
• Interactive Tools for Assessing Wildfire Costs
• New Features in WFDSS 
• SKC Fire Science Degree Program — At a Glance
• JFSP Highlights Discoveries and Innovations
• New Structure Wrapping Module
• Video: RxCadre Collaborative Fire Research 

March 2013

• Webinar Series Addresses Fuel Treatments in Mixed-Conifer Forests
• Field Trip Invitation: Integrated Fuel Treatment in Idaho
• UI Wildland Fire Program — At a Glance
• New Tools from FEIS
• Ten Years of Fire Research: The US Joint Fire Science Program
• Dance Performance Communicates Fire Science to Students
• "What is a Flame" Video Wins Contest

January 2013

• FFI: An Interagency Tool for Monitoring and Data Sharing
• Seeking Nominations for IFT-DSS Evaluation
• New Definitions – Fire Severity and Fire Regime
• NPS Fire Science and Ecology Program – At a Glance
• FRAMES – A New Look and Feel
• New JFSP Fire Science Digest on Smoke
• JFSP Publications Available for Mobile Devices
• JFSP Solicits Feedback on Publications
• Behave Scientist Pat Andrews Retires
• 2012 Fire Season and the Changing Climate

October 2012

• Traditional Knowledge and Fire Workshop
• Network of Fire Science Champions
• JFSP Funding Opportunity Notices
• WFM RDA—Who We Are and What We Do
• Changes for NIFTT Program
• NIFTT Tools, Online Courses, and Workshops
• Significant Fire Year for the Northern Rockies

June 2012

• New Research Funded by JFSP
• NPS Updates Fire and Aviation Website
• Online Wildland Fire Degree and Courses
• National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis — At A Glance
• Fire Communication Study Preliminary Results
• Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference Available Online

April 2012

• Welcome to the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network!
• What We Heard During NRFSN Needs Assessment
• JFSP Website Offers New Ways to Stay Connected
• Missoula Fire Lab—At a Glance
• New, Searchable Version of FEIS
• Help Us Make Fire and Fuels Syntheses More Useful
• Surveys Play Important Role in NRFSN Development